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Eugène Vail

The Flags, Saint Mark's, Venice - Fête Day, c. 1903

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 82 x 92.6 cm (32 5/16 x 36 7/16 in.)

framed: 100 x 111.1 cm (39 3/8 x 43 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gertrude Mauran Vail

Accession Number

1973.1.1

Artists / Makers

Eugène Vail (artist) American, 1857 - 1934

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Inscription

lower right: Eugene Vail

Provenance

The artist [1857-1934]; his wife, Gertrude Mauran Vail, until 1948; on deposit with the National Collection of Fine Arts (now National Museum of American Art), Washington, D.C., 1948-1973; gift 1973 to NGA.

Associated Names

Vail, Eugène
Vail, Mrs. Eugène

Exhibition History

1937: Exposition Eugene Vail, 1857-1934, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, June 1937, no. 24, as St. Marc - Jour de Fête.

1937: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Vail, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, November 1937, no. 17, as St. Marks [sic] - Venice.

1938: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Lawrence Vail, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1938.

1939: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Vail, American Fine Arts Society Galleries, New York, January-February 1939, no. 19, as St. Marks [sic] - Fete [sic] Day - Study.

1939: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Vail, Providence Art Club, Rhode Island, March 1939, no. 46, as San Marco.

1940: Eugene Vail, 1857-1934, Exhibition of Paintings, L.D.M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, Maine, 1940-1941, no. 9, as San Marco, Fete [sic] Day.

1940: Eugene Vail, 1857-1934, Exhibition of Paintings, Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, Delaware Art Center, March 1940, no. 21, as San Marco, Fête Day.

1940: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Vail, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 1940, no. 11, as San Marco - Fete [sic] Day.

1940: Possibly Paintings by the late Eugene Vail, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, November 1940, no cat.

1941: Eugene Vail, 1857-1934, Exhibition of Paintings, The Art Association of Newport, Rhode Island, 1941, no. 44, as San Marco - Fête Day.

1953: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1953-1963.

1972: Extended loan for use in Chief Justice Rehnquist's chambers, 1984-2002.

1974: Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1974-1982.

1984: Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1984-

Bibliography

1937: Cann, Louise Gebhard. Untitled essay. In Exposition Eugene Vail. Exh. cat. Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, 1937: 17.

1937: Providence Sunday Journal, 31 October 1937: not paginated.

1939: Cortissoz, Royal. Exhibition review. New York Tribune, 29 January 1939: 8.

1940: Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald, Maine, 8 December 1940: not paginated.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 252, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 371, repro.

1998: Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 207-209, color repro.